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'PREACH THE WORD —CONTEND FOR THE FAITH"
VOLUME 16
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 14, 1957
NUMBER 43
Adoption Of Record Budget And 50,000 Baptism Goal Highlight Convention
By Floyd Looney
The adoption of a record budget
of $864,120 and the acceptance of
a challenge to win and baptize
50,000 converts in 1958 highlighted
the annual meeting of The Southern Baptist General Convention of
California when it convened in
Riverside, October 29-31.
Thp meeting got under way on
Tuesday evening following meetings of the W.M.U. convention and
the pastors conference. There was
a rousing song service led by Earl
Rogers, director of the convention's church music ministry; a report from the credentials committee that a record number of
messengers had registered for the
first session, then Riverside's
mayor, the Honorable E. V. Dales
and Dr. T. W. Medearis, veteran
denominational leader and president of the board of trustees, California Baptist College, delivered
addresses of welcome. R. Edwin
Nprris, Vallejo pastor, responded
^th a few remarks well punctuated with wit and humor. A fitting devotion was led by D. F.
/enosdel, Long Beach pastor, then
Miss Clara A. Lane, executive secretary of California Woman's
Missionary Union, presented her
Report and introduced Mrs. Wil-
ham McMurry, mission study
"airman of Woman's Missionary
nion, Birmingham, Alabama who
s few equals among the orators
the fairer sex. Then came a
™Port of the Brotherhood by Wal-
cl ,. ee and more music, inking a iarge choir from the
^aptist churches up and down the
pr ' "^ this set the stage for
resident Arlie McDaniel's ad-
ess in which he called upon
Calif,
ornia Southern Baptists to
win to Christ and baptize 50,000
persons next year.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
The Wednesday morning session
started with few messengers present, but attendance quickly picked
up and the messengers remained
at their task for a long and busy
session.
James V. Gregory, Fresno attorney, stressed the importance of
proper incorporation procedures;
Robert N. Stapp praised the work
of the American Bible Society;
Shelden Russell took a rap at the
liquor traffic; Earl Rogers made a
plea for better music in the
churches; Clyde L. Jackson led an
impressive memorial service; Dr.
A. J. Hyatt, the California representative on the Home Mission
Board, gave his report and called
upon Dr. Solomon F. Dowis, secretary of the board's cooperative
missions department, to address
the convention.
New Workers Introduced
Executive Secretary Posey introduced scores of new pastors,
educational directors, convention
employes and visitors, including
Dr. Norman W. Cox, executive
secretary of the S.B.C. Historical
Commission.
Charles W. Christian reported
that the circulation of The California Southern Baptist exceeds
22,000 and called upon the
churches to put the paper in their
budgets. Floyd Pittman reported
for the Relief and Annuity Board
and Dr. L. Taylor Daniel, a representative of the board, addressed the convention.
The session was climaxed by
the annual sermon preached by
Charles W. Christian on the sub-
PURE RELIGION — W. A. Herring, superintendent, Sunny Crest
Children's Home at Bakersfield, explains to Hubert O. Black,
moderator, San Gabriel Valley Association and pastor, First
Baptist Church, Baldwin Park, how California Southern Baptists
are seeking to make real James' description of pure religion in
the care of homeless children, while Carl Butler, pastor, Baptist
Temple, Delano, who also serves as part-time social worker at
Sunny Crest, receives a "birthday offering" from Joseph E.
Daniel, director of religious education in the city missions program of the Greater Los Angeles area.
ject: "Our Task — Preach the
Word." (Excerpts of the sermon
will be published in a subsequent
issue.)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
There was no session on
Wednesday afternoon but the
Baptists were back in Riverside's
municipal auditorium in full
strength for the evening session.
Interest first centered around Superintendent W. A. Herring's report of the children's home. He
stated that 10 boys and six girls
are being cared for at the home
and that soon four more girls will
be admitted, thus filling the two
present cottages to capacity. Dr.
W. B. Timberlake submitted a re-

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CALIFORNIA BAPTIST COLLEGE LIBRAE
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Riversids, California
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'PREACH THE WORD —CONTEND FOR THE FAITH"
VOLUME 16
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 14, 1957
NUMBER 43
Adoption Of Record Budget And 50,000 Baptism Goal Highlight Convention
By Floyd Looney
The adoption of a record budget
of $864,120 and the acceptance of
a challenge to win and baptize
50,000 converts in 1958 highlighted
the annual meeting of The Southern Baptist General Convention of
California when it convened in
Riverside, October 29-31.
Thp meeting got under way on
Tuesday evening following meetings of the W.M.U. convention and
the pastors conference. There was
a rousing song service led by Earl
Rogers, director of the convention's church music ministry; a report from the credentials committee that a record number of
messengers had registered for the
first session, then Riverside's
mayor, the Honorable E. V. Dales
and Dr. T. W. Medearis, veteran
denominational leader and president of the board of trustees, California Baptist College, delivered
addresses of welcome. R. Edwin
Nprris, Vallejo pastor, responded
^th a few remarks well punctuated with wit and humor. A fitting devotion was led by D. F.
/enosdel, Long Beach pastor, then
Miss Clara A. Lane, executive secretary of California Woman's
Missionary Union, presented her
Report and introduced Mrs. Wil-
ham McMurry, mission study
"airman of Woman's Missionary
nion, Birmingham, Alabama who
s few equals among the orators
the fairer sex. Then came a
™Port of the Brotherhood by Wal-
cl ,. ee and more music, inking a iarge choir from the
^aptist churches up and down the
pr ' "^ this set the stage for
resident Arlie McDaniel's ad-
ess in which he called upon
Calif,
ornia Southern Baptists to
win to Christ and baptize 50,000
persons next year.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
The Wednesday morning session
started with few messengers present, but attendance quickly picked
up and the messengers remained
at their task for a long and busy
session.
James V. Gregory, Fresno attorney, stressed the importance of
proper incorporation procedures;
Robert N. Stapp praised the work
of the American Bible Society;
Shelden Russell took a rap at the
liquor traffic; Earl Rogers made a
plea for better music in the
churches; Clyde L. Jackson led an
impressive memorial service; Dr.
A. J. Hyatt, the California representative on the Home Mission
Board, gave his report and called
upon Dr. Solomon F. Dowis, secretary of the board's cooperative
missions department, to address
the convention.
New Workers Introduced
Executive Secretary Posey introduced scores of new pastors,
educational directors, convention
employes and visitors, including
Dr. Norman W. Cox, executive
secretary of the S.B.C. Historical
Commission.
Charles W. Christian reported
that the circulation of The California Southern Baptist exceeds
22,000 and called upon the
churches to put the paper in their
budgets. Floyd Pittman reported
for the Relief and Annuity Board
and Dr. L. Taylor Daniel, a representative of the board, addressed the convention.
The session was climaxed by
the annual sermon preached by
Charles W. Christian on the sub-
PURE RELIGION — W. A. Herring, superintendent, Sunny Crest
Children's Home at Bakersfield, explains to Hubert O. Black,
moderator, San Gabriel Valley Association and pastor, First
Baptist Church, Baldwin Park, how California Southern Baptists
are seeking to make real James' description of pure religion in
the care of homeless children, while Carl Butler, pastor, Baptist
Temple, Delano, who also serves as part-time social worker at
Sunny Crest, receives a "birthday offering" from Joseph E.
Daniel, director of religious education in the city missions program of the Greater Los Angeles area.
ject: "Our Task — Preach the
Word." (Excerpts of the sermon
will be published in a subsequent
issue.)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
There was no session on
Wednesday afternoon but the
Baptists were back in Riverside's
municipal auditorium in full
strength for the evening session.
Interest first centered around Superintendent W. A. Herring's report of the children's home. He
stated that 10 boys and six girls
are being cared for at the home
and that soon four more girls will
be admitted, thus filling the two
present cottages to capacity. Dr.
W. B. Timberlake submitted a re-